Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Beyond ‘Fortress Europe’: Principles for a humane EU migration policy

11/10/2017

5 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, French, Serbian, Spanish

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In 2015, the EU announced its Agenda for Migration: a blueprint for managing migration. Two years on, it’s clear these policies have sacrificed people’s safety and well-being in order to stop irregular migration at all costs. This report outlines Oxfam’s proposal for a new and balanced approach to managing migration – one that protects people […]

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Media briefing

You aren’t human any more’: Migrants expose the harrowing situation in Libya and the impact of European policies

09/08/2017

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Thousands of refugees and migrants face kidnap, slavery, torture and sexual violence in Libya before crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy – if they are not killed first. Oxfam has spoken to men and women who have spent months being beaten, tied up like animals and sold as cheap labour in Libya’s shocking slave […]

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Journal article

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

28/03/2017

14 pages long

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Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

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The article shares the experience of Women on the Frontline (WoF), a network of about 30 women’s rights organisations with its origins in the Netherlands, and covering seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The organisations participating in WoF all have their own agendas and particular needs, but they share one […]

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Research report

The Human Cost of Uncontrolled Arms in Africa: Cross-national research on seven African countries

08/03/2017

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

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Prolonged conflict, proxy wars, and inter-communal strife characterize many regions in Africa. This violence has caused untold atrocities, deaths, sexual violence, and displacement, as well as accelerating poverty and shattering lives and communities across the continent. Uncontrolled arms in Africa fuel this violence and are increasingly putting lives at immense risk. This report provides evidence […]

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Briefing paper

I Ask the World to Empathize: Voices of people on the move

15/09/2016

4 documents

24 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Worldwide, more than 65 million people have fled conflict, violence and persecution. Millions more are driven from their homes by disasters, drought and inequality. This paper tells the stories of some of those millions of people. Many have relied on local people sharing their scarce resources. In contrast, too many governments have failed to share […]

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Briefing paper

Getting It Right: The pieces that matter for the Arms Trade Treaty

12/03/2013

8 documents

32 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Arms and bullets continue to destroy lives. Every continent in the world is marred by devastation caused by armed violence. Yet there is still no effective international regulation of the global arms trade. The need for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which will create globally binding regulation of the international trade in conventional weapons for […]

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Technical briefing

Piecing It All Together: Why the Arms Trade Treaty must regulate parts and components for weapons and military equipment

27/06/2012

4 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Modern weapons and military equipment cannot be made or maintained without parts and components that are sourced and traded around the world. Without regulating this trade alongside the trade in complete weapons, it will be impossible to reduce the impact of irresponsible arms transfers on human rights, security, and development. Between 2008 and 2011, the […]

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Briefing paper

Fit for Purpose? The European External Action Service one year on

23/01/2012

4 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The first anniversary of the European External Action Service (EEAS) finds the European Union (EU) in the midst of an economic, financial, and identity crisis that has aggravated the ongoing decline in Europe’s stature on the global scene as new political and economic actors emerge. The new diplomatic service provides the EU with an opportunity […]

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Briefing note

Power to the People? Reactions to the EU’s response to the Arab Spring

14/11/2011

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

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In response to the Arab Spring the EU has promised to shift away from business as usual to ensure that support for human rights and democracy are central to its cooperation policy with the Arab neighbourhood. Enabling civil society to function and advocate for citizen’s priorities and rights and hold governments and donors to account […]

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